In the warm pavilion, Zhu Yunxiu looked at the letter in his hand with a gloomy face, while Li Jie sat aside. The letter was exactly the letter written by Zhu Xuing to Zhu Xueqing. Because the content in the letter was a bit subtle, after obtaining Zhu Xueqing's consent, he brought the letter to the palace and submitted it to Zhu Yunxiu so that he could prepare.

"What a good second uncle of my father. He just passed away, and he was so eager to come back to usurp the throne!" Finally, Zhu Yunxiu patted the letter heavily on the desk, and his face turned pale with anger.

The content on Zhu Chuang's letter was normal at the beginning, and it was not surprising that he even requested a loan from the bank. After all, Zhu Di had previously borrowed money, but at the end of the letter, he reminded Zhu Xueqing that he hoped that she could pay more attention to the movements in the capital due to the relationship between father and daughter, and write a letter to him in time if there is anything.

On the surface, Zhu Chuang's words to Zhu Xueqing did not seem to be too much. Although the princes could not return to the capital, they certainly sent some spies to the capital. Zhu Chuang's situation was a bit special, so it was normal for him to ask Zhu Xueqing to help convey some news.

But the key is that the time is wrong. Not long after Lao Zhu passed away, Zhu Biao suddenly passed away. Zhu Yunyu had just ascended the throne and the throne was not stable. Before, Zhu Yunwen escaped.

But at this sensitive time, Zhu Ceng wrote a letter to Zhu Xueqing, asking her to stare at the movements in the capital. This itself represents Zhu Ceng's ambition. Although Zhu Ceng is lonely overseas now, his strength is quite strong. After all, he dominates the country. Among the princes, only Zhu Di can compare with him, so it is not surprising that he has the ambition to enter the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, Fusang King is just one of them, and there are other princes. Even if there is no action on the surface, I am afraid there will be some thoughts in my heart. However, as long as your Majesty shows enough abilities, these people will soon give up their thoughts that should not have!" Li Jie said again.

Zhu Yunyu nodded in agreement, but then he frowned and asked, "Brother-in-law, what should we do next? It is not easy to shock my ambitious uncles."

"Actually, the solution is very simple. If you want to shock the kings, it is nothing more than using troops!" Li Jie was prepared for this. Before, when he tried his best to arrest Zhu Yunwen, he had been considering his next plan in his spare time.

"Isn't using troops a bit too risky now?" Zhu Yunxiu showed a hesitant look when he heard Li Jie's words. After all, he had just ascended the throne. Not only was the throne unstable, but the ministers in the court did not completely return to their hearts. Using troops is not a simple matter, and it may even have a counterproductive effect if it is done well.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. In fact, Emperor Taizu has been preparing for military use, especially now that high-yield crops are being promoted, the grain output will only get higher and higher. By then, our Ming Dynasty will no longer be in danger of shortage of food. We just take advantage of the fact that we consume some of the stored grain now, so as to free up the granary to store new grain!"

Li Jie paused at this point, and then said again: "As for the people in the court, it is not a big problem. The main reason is that the death of the late emperor was too sudden, so it makes people feel unhappy. As long as His Majesty sends a few decrees to comfort people, they will soon settle down."

"Can this really work?" Zhu Yunxiu still said with some doubt when he heard Li Jie's words. After all, he had just ascended the throne and used troops to the outside world, which seemed a bit too risky in his opinion.

"Your Majesty, there are actually many types of wars. Some wars are very powerful, but in fact they have no major impact. Some wars may be silent, but they may affect the direction of the entire country. Now Your Majesty is mainly to shock the kings, and naturally the former, plus Emperor Taizu's previous preparations, so I think that fighting a war is a good thing." Li Jie advised again.

The reason why Li Jie dared to say this is mainly due to his understanding of Lao Zhu. In the past few years before Lao Zhu passed away, although Lao Zhu was not young at that time, he still did not relax his vigilance, especially for the northern grasslands, which was the focus of his attention. The Jinyiwei had an important task, which was to secretly sneak into the grasslands to obtain intelligence.

Back then, Lao Zhu used troops to the grassland many times, and even used the ultimate strategy of burning the grassland. Lan Yu even chased the Mongolian Yuan into the sea of ​​fishing, directly destroying the last bit of the Mongolian Yuan energy, causing the entire grassland to fall into chaos. Although some Yuan people escaped, it was no longer a mess.

However, although the Ming Dynasty was able to penetrate the grassland, it could not completely eliminate the grassland people, and it was even impossible to occupy the grassland for a long time. Even though Lao Zhu set up many outposts on the grassland and even conquered the grassland people as border garrisons, it was not a cure for the symptoms.

So in Lao Zhu's later years, the remnants of the Shangyuan people in the grassland developed again. Although the various tribes in the grassland continued to fight, today this Khan was in power, and another Khan might seize the throne tomorrow, but in this kind of fighting, the strength of the people in the grassland increased rapidly, and it was about to form a threat to the Central Plains again.

So under this situation, Lao Zhu started a new round of attacks on the grassland people. For example, Lan Yu was transferred to the northwest early. In addition to guarding against the grassland people's attack, he mainly became familiar with the local situation and prepared for the future attack on the grassland. In addition, veterans such as Fu Youde were also guarding the border.

However, it is a pity that Lao Zhu's plan to attack the grassland was not implemented, and his body could not hold on. Originally, this plan should have been completed by Zhu Biao, but unfortunately Zhu Biao left. Fortunately, Li Jie knew about this plan, so he persuaded Zhu Yunxi to continue using troops, because if he did not use troops, it would probably not take long for the grassland people to take the initiative to attack south.

Li Jie introduced the above situation in detail. It was the first time that Zhu Yunyu knew that the situation in the north had reached this point. You should know that Lan Yu was defeating the remnants of the Mongol Yuan in the Fishing Sea. It was only ten years ago. At that time, many people thought that the northern border troubles were no longer worth worrying, but just ten years later, the northern grasslands became a major threat to the Ming Dynasty.

"These grassland people are really endless. Now it is a good time to use troops for them. But no matter how beautiful the battle is, it may only be treated with symptoms but not the root cause!" Zhu Yunxiu slapped his thigh in anger, and then said in great distress.

No wonder Li Jie said just now that he wanted to fight a huge but unaffected battle. This is the case with clearing out the grassland people. No matter how many grassland people they kill, the other party can recover little by little by little by little by little. At that time, it will still be a threat from the Ming Dynasty and is simply doing useless work.
Chapter completed!